- Proven, high-quality forecasting solution helps organizations plan more effectively for the future
- Allows companies to save money and increase sales by improving sales forecasting accuracy and shortening forecasting turnaround time
- Simplifies implementation through an automated forecasting environment and tested, pre-sized recommended configurations
To succeed and grow, organizations need an accurate picture of the future and the ability to reliably measure the impact of economic and marketplace factors. For many companies, effective forecasting requires understanding a large and growing amount of data on increasingly complex business lines. Too often, limitations in the software platform or computing infrastructure are preventing enterprise-wide planning and producing forecasts that lack statistical rigor. Strategic business planning requires the ability to model and simulate any business process and the factors that impact those processes, no matter how complex.
SAS® Forecast Server helps companies save money and increase sales by improving sales forecasting accuracy and shortening forecasting turnaround time when combined with the exceptional performance of IBM System p5™ and System Storage™ offerings. SAS Forecast Server enables organizations to execute more effective sales plans by generating large quantities of high-quality forecasts quickly and automatically.
Designed for organizations in any industry, SAS Forecast Server for IBM AIX 5L™ on IBM POWER™ processor-based systems answers the need for large-scale and/or highly analytic forecasting as well as automated forecasting tools. The solution also specifically takes advantage of the vertical scalability offered by IBM servers providing high performance for business-critical forecasting.
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- Generates large quantities of high-quality forecasts quickly and automatically, allowing organizations to plan more effectively for the future
- Enables experienced statisticians, as well as less statistically-minded financial planners and supply-chain managers, to produce forecasts in a quick and timely manner through a user-friendly graphical interface
- IBM System p5 and System Storage deliver exceptional performance, scalability and throughput essential to helping clients shorten forecasting turnaround time and produce millions of high-volume daily, statistically-based forecasts
- System p5 Advanced POWER Virtualization enables multiple forecasting projects to efficiently share computing resources improving overall productivity and reducing costs
- Tested, reference architecture with pre-sized recommended configurations covering a wide-range of forecasting requirements simplifies selection and eases capacity planning
- Answers the need for large-scale and highly analytic forecasting, helping enable all levels of business in any industry to operate more efficiently
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SAS Forecast Server is designed for millions of high-volume daily forecasts and is best exploited by the intensive compute power that the 64-bit IBM System p5 server can deliver. The solution also specifically takes advantage of the exceptional throughput offered by IBM System Storage, providing high performance for business-critical forecasting. SAS Forecast Server for AIX 5L on IBM POWER processor-based systems supports the following standard and optional solution components:
- SAS Forecast Server for automated, large-scale forecasting with world-class business analytics
- Econometric Time Series (ETS)
- High Performance Forecasting (HPF)
- Forecast Studio (GUI)
- SAS Graph (display)
- Integration Technologies
- Choice of System p5 server covering a wide range of forecasting requirements up to millions of daily forecasts
- IBM System Storage expandable storage system components tailored to configuration requirements
- Optional Advanced POWER Virtualization (optimal for accommodating multiple forecasting projects)
- Leading IBM AIX 5L UNIX® operating system
- Optional IBM WebSphere® Application Server
- Reference architecture for three configuration starting points:
- Configurations up to 50,000 forecasts
- Configurations up to 500,000 forecasts
- Configurations up to 3,000,000 forecasts
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